Ashurst’s low-cost support base in Scotland is to rejig its business model by adding at least two qualified lawyers to the office by the end of the year. According to insiders the majority of work coming through Ashurst’s Glasgow office has been instructions from a financial institution client, leading to the firm’s decision to pull […]

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